Replacing Guilt

2021-03-14
2 min read

Replacing Guilt is a series of essays by Nate Soares about replacing guilt-based motivation with “intrinsic motivation” – a drive to do good in the world. I listened to the podcast version of it, which was produced by Gianluca Truda who makes the [[Bit of a Tangent]]?? podcast.

I neglected to take notes the first time around which was a mistake but it was still very useful to listen to. Bold titles are episodes or posts that I especially enjoyed.

  1. Replacing guilt
  2. * [[Half-assing it with everything you've got]]N *
  3. Failing with Abandon
  4. The Stamp Collector
  5. You’re allowed to fight for something
  6. Caring about something larger than yourself
  7. You don’t get to know what you’re fighting for
  8. “Should” considered harmful
  9. Not because you “should”
  10. Your “shoulds” are not a duty
  11. Working yourself ragged is not a virtue
  12. Rest in motion
  13. Shifting guilt
  14. Don’t steer with guilt
  15. Update from the suckerpunch
  16. Be a new homunculus
  17. Not yet gods
  18. Where coulds go
  19. Self compassion
  20. There are no “bad people”
  21. Residing in the mortal realm
  22. Being unable to despair
  23. * [[The value of a life]]N *
  24. See the dark world
  25. Choose without suffering
  26. Detach the grim-o-meter
  27. Simply locate yourself
  28. * [[Have no excuses]]N *
  29. Come to your terms
  30. Transmute guilt into resolve
  31. The best you can
  32. Dark, Not Colorless
  33. Stop trying to try and try
  34. There is no try
  35. Obvious advice
  36. The art of response
  37. Confidence all the way up
  38. Desperation
  39. * [[Recklessness]]N *
  40. Defiance
  41. How we will be measured
  42. Conclusion

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date: 2021-03-14 16:48
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title: Replacing Guilt